Generation of Rhizobium Strains with Improved Symbiotic Properties by Random Dna Amplification (RDA)

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 564-569

  Mavingui, Patrick ^a   Flores, Margarita ^a   Romero, David ^a   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a   Palacios, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacterial selection; Combinatorial chemistry; DNA amplification; Nodulation; Symbiotic competitiveness

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; COSMIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABACEAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

EID: 0030951969     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0697-564     Document Type: Article

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